Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 286138, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/286138
Clinical Study

Perioperative and Oncological Outcome of Laparoscopic Resection of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour (GIST) of the Stomach

Ulrich Ronellenfitsch,1,2 Wilko Staiger,2 Georg Kähler,2 Philipp Ströbel,3 Matthias Schwarzbach,2 and Peter Hohenberger1

1Division of Surgical Oncology and Thoracic Surgery, University Medicine Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68135 Mannheim, Germany
2Department of Surgery, University Medicine Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68135 Mannheim, Germany
3Institute of Pathology, University Medicine Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68135 Mannheim, Germany

Received 29 October 2008; Accepted 23 January 2009

Academic Editor: Yuri W. Novitsky

Copyright © 2009 Ulrich Ronellenfitsch et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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